SPEED AND AGILITY TRAINING.

COACH CHECKLIST FOR SPEED AND AGILITY TRAINING:

  1. Make sure you know which aspect of speed you want to practice (e.g. Multidirectional, Acceleration or Max speed).
  2. Only practice when players are recovered and always demand maximum effort.
  3. Pay attention to the duration of the repetitions, the recovery time and the number of repetitions.
  4. Remember what kind of speed is required in Floorball, but don’t forget the maximum speed training (increasing the reserve).
  5. Vary your stimulus, use different competitions and also pay attention to running technique and mobility training.

Speed and movement in a Floorball consist of several different factors, as you can see below:

Universal components of agility. (Adapted from Young, James and Montgomery 2002, Sheppard and Young 2006 and Piisk 2008.)

Examples of different kind of speed and speed strenght trainings.

Examples from agility trainings